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on Eaillie map, 1832. On Purdy (ed- ls24),Qnaco and St. Martins are distinct 

 and latter is nearer the Head; perhaps a temporary lumbering village. 



In Maliseet it is possibly Toc-we-gan-uk. On De Meulles, 168(1, it is 

 ^4nc7(a<ywe, origin unknown ; probably from the Micmac. On Bellin, 1744, IL, 

 it I. de chaque, and a river to the eastward of it is Andac (perhaps a misprint 

 for Anchac), which form persists tlirough several later maps. On Black- 

 more, 1713, it appears as Little James, evidently a translation of Jacques, a 

 familiarization of Anchaque, which is sustained by Moll, 1 713, laque, and 

 by Southack, 1733, who has Jacques Isle. Upon the James I. map, 1610, a 

 name Pendac appears here which may be related to Andac, and this is the 

 same as I. Perdue of the Champlain, 1()13 map, but displaced. An old plan 

 has also " Cape Gypsum, Quiddy by the Indians." 



Marvel Island. — (.Toined by bar to S. of Indian Id.) Probably for the employee 

 of Simonds in 17()5, mentioned in Coll. N. B. Hist. Soc. I., 168, and marks 

 the site of their trading establishment. 



Maryland. — S. Named probably by settlers of the Maryland regiment of 

 loyalists in memory of their old home in that state. Mentioned in House 

 of Assembly Journal for 1817. 



Marys Point.— Origin ? Said locally to be St. Marys Point. In Micmac See-hcV- 

 quitk. Upon Mante of 17r)5 a " Shepody Fort" is placed upon it, but it does 

 not appear again and nothing is knoAvn of it locally. Old plana have 

 " Grenadiers ("ape." 



Mascabin Point. — Origin ? Probably a map error for Mafcarin (Mascarene 

 Point). 



This point, or a rock just off it, perhaps that called The Mohawk, is now 

 in Passamaquoddy Wop-ka^-cook ^= the whUe rock, though Mitchell, in his 

 Field Book, 1764, applies it to a cove to the northward of it (see Letite). 



Mascareen. — Peninsula. For John Mascareen, who, in 1767, was granted 10,000 

 acre.s of land here, afterwards esclieated. The " Mascareen Shore " is locally 

 used. On survey map, 179S, as "The INIascareen Grant." 



Maugers Island. — No doubt for Joshua Mauger (see Maugerville)- Also Gilberts 

 Island, for Thomas Gilbert, owner and resident late in the last century. 

 Formerly also Major ( iilberts Island, combining both names. On D. Camp- 

 bell map of 178.Ô. In Maliseet Nel-knmn'-kek (Chamberlain). 



Maugerville. — T. 176-5, P. ]78(). For Joshua Mauger, agent for N. S. in England 

 and first on the list of grantees for the township. 



Mechanics Settlement. — Founded in 1842 by an association of mechanics from 

 St. .lohn. 



Medisro or Madiaco Pot/it— Probably Micmac. Origin and exact locality 

 uncertain ; probably Rochette Point. Occurs upon many maps» with varia- 

 tions, from d'Anville, 1755, as Midicho, down to this century, not always, 

 however, applying to the .same point. Also one of the 18.56 blocks (p. 208). 



J^edactic- — A former Maliseet village, four miles above Eel River on what is 

 now Meduetic Flat (see Kaymond in Coll. N. B. Hist. Soc. I., 221). From 

 the MalLseet Me-dof/-tcfj or Me-dnc'-tec (p. 194), meaning uncertain, possibly 

 = some compound with med, a fall or rapid. Occurs first in the seigniorial 

 grant to Rent' d'Amours, Sieur de Clignancourt in 1(;84 as Medoclft ; St. 

 Valier, 1688, has Medogtek, and Gyles, 168'.», Mtdocklack. All apply it to a 

 place or fort, none to Eel River, except a foot note to the 1734 ed. of Gyles. 

 French maps of the last century, from Bellin, 1744, on, apply it to the river, 

 but, owing no doubt to a confusion between it and Nodectic below Spoon 



